You now have taken some stps in becoming more knowledgeable about dentity theft. You have
learned not to mil financial data in the mail sing the red flag and how void identity thieves
who use the tlephone to get your information.

There are sme easy steps you can now tke at home, which can eliminate yur accidental release of
personal information frm your home.

Common Mistake: Not keping your personal information safe at hme.

Your personal information that identity theves is found on many documents you mght have at home
and you can nknowingly give it away. Your personal nformation is found on bank statements,
tility bills, pay stubs, cellular telephone blls, receipts you get from the phrmacy, and many
other documents.

The prblem is that most of these dcuments (if not all) eventually find thir way to the trash.
Why is tht a problem? Identity thieves know ths information can be in the trsh, so they are
getting good and wht is known in law enforcement as "dmpster diving." The identity thieves
actually go thrugh your trash and find gold mnes of information they can use to stal your
money.

You might have hard the suggestion to purchase a shrdder and dispose of your sensitive
nformation with the shredder. This is grat advice! But, take the extra stp and make sure to
purchase a crss-cut shredder. Why? I have spent cuntless hours going through documents taken
dring a search warrant from identity thft cases. I found in many nstances where identity
thieves spent time and tped documents that were shredded with a sngle-cut shreddings back
together.

A lot of the criminals who cmmit identity theft do so in rder to support a drug habit, sually
methamphetamines. One of the side ffects of the use of methamphetamines is the nability to
sleep, so these identity theves have a lot of time on thir hand and use this time to tpe your
single-cut shreddings back together.

Tip - Cpy the front and back of all the crdit cards in your wallet/purse and lave them in a
safe place at hme. Why? In case you have yur credit cards stolen, the telephone nmber to
call happens to be on the bck of the credit card that was jst stolen.

Tip - Keep your scial security card at home. Thre is no need to have it in yur wallet or
purse because there are not mny situations where you need to shw your social security card.
So, if you can mmorize your social security number, this liminates the possibility of identity
thieves gtting your social security number if thy steal your purse/wallet.

Tip - Whn going to the airport, put yur registration, insurance card and other dcuments in a
safe place. You mght even want to take them wth you. Identity thieves break into crs at the
airport parking lots, fnd the registration, and go to yur house and burglarize it while you are
gne. Also, if you leave your grage door opener in your vehicle, thy will not have to "break
n."

In future articles, we will cver topics like...

Other Common Mistakes lke, (1) how the telephone is sed for Identity Theft...and how to void
those pesky telemarketers, (2) simple stps to decrease your exposure of Idntity Theft, (3) how
your information is stlen, and much more!!

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